Elections were held on 12 June 1995 for the 21 Representatives of the House of Assembly on the normal expiry of their term of office.

The unicameral Parliament of Dominica, the House of Assembly, is composed of 21 elected Representatives, in single-member constituencies through a fisr-past-the-post system. Of the remaining eleven members, nine are appointed by the Head of State and two - the Speaker and the Attorney General - are ex-officio. The normal duration of the legislature is 5 years.

Following the previous (May 1990) general elections, the ruling Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) in August 1993 elected Brian Alleyne, the Minister of External Affairs, to succeed to the leadership of the party upon the retirement of long-time Prime Minister Mary Eugenia Charles.  Moreover, in October 1993, Crispin Sorhaindo, formerly the Speaker of the House of Assembly, succeeded Clarence Seignoret as President.

During the campaign, Alleyne stressed the economic achievements under the DFP Administration.  The two opposition parties, the United Workers Party (UWP) and the Dominica Labour Party (DLP), criticised the DFP and its leader for bringing the country into economic decline and offered themselves to lead the country into the 21st century and to turn around the economy.

On polling day, the centre-left UWP was returned to power as the conservative DFP fell to five seats.  On this basis, Edison James, leader of the UWP and former Leader of the Opposition, was sworn in as Prime Minister on 14 June 1995; a nine-member Cabinet was then named.  Voter turnout was 65.2%.